Asteroid the size of a small island to fly past Earth this Friday
Designated 7335 (1989 JA), this large asteroid is estimated to be around 1.8 kilometers wide. For context, Plum Island, the small island off the coast of New York, is around 1.6 kilometers wide.
CURRENTLY, 1,113,527 asteroids are known to exist in the solar system.(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)ByAARON REICH